Baxide
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If you are claiming on a science forum then absolutely you need to prove that the difference you hear is due to an actual audible difference rather than subjective bias. This can be done through ABX testing etc. Without that essential evidence there isn't even any point in putting forward any conjecture of what could cause such differences. Of course you are entitled to your opinion, just realise that it isn't a scientific opinion and therefore will not carry any weight on a science forum.
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Throughout human history science has had to battle commonly held beliefs, but it has always eventually won out. People used to believe that you could fall off the edge of the world; that the Earth was the centre of the universe with everything rotating around it; that the world was created by a mystical being 6000 years ago; etc.
If you do ABX testing, you are having to put your trust in another set of variables that connects up the different pieces of equipment. I was once confronted by that problem, which eventually turned out to be the amps. They were two identical amps, but one was placed in a different position in a rack, where it got slightly hotter due to the ventilation. That in itself changed the sound. But it did make everyone think that the ABX test was proven beyond any reasonable doubt, when it should not have.
As for the other case: it all depends on what one would consider to be the edge of the world. If you are on a mountain and stepped away from it, you could fall off. And the earth is at the center of the universe as seen from our perspective. By just looking up at the sky you cannot say where the centre of the universe is. You only have earth as a reference, and in science it is all about "with respect to"...